Top 10: Modern Adventurers

The adventure seems to have become a thing of the past. Technology has made the world smaller; there are few, if any, parts of the world left to discover. Even space exploration is carried out by unmanned robot probes. The time when the likes of Howard Carter or Sir Edmund Hillary were household names is gone. However, a few of these men still remain — men of intrepid spirit, who explore the world and push themselves to their physical limits. Of our bottom nine modern adventurers, six are Brits, three have reached the North Pole, three the South Pole, three have climbed Mount Everest, and three have circumnavigated the globe. The top spot goes to a modern adventurer who ticked off all of the above boxes.